The Besnard Lakes is an indie rock quartet from Montreal, founded by husband and wife Jace Lasek and Olga Goreas. They're in no rush. Their music, stretched across three dense, evocative full-length albums for the Jagjaguwar label since 2007, needs space to breathe — the kind you'd find at Besnard Lake, in Northern Saskatchewan, their spiritual home and yearly retreat, or maybe within the stereo spread of expensive headphones. The Besnards last played Connecticut in 2011, before they released the inscrutably titled "Until in Excess, Imperceptible UFO" — an atmospheric, layered record of midtempo grooves and occasional metric hiccups, dreamy textures and gorgeous vocal harmonies. Hearing them, even within the relative confinement of New Haven's Cafe Nine, will be a treat for serious music heads.

THE BESNARD LAKES perform on Monday, Jan. 26 at Cafe Nine in New Haven, with USA Out of Vietnam opening. Showtime is 9 p.m. Tickets are $12. Information: cafenine.com.